[dba-Tech] Windows Explorer numbskull

On 5/18/05, Steve Erbach <erbachs at gmail.com> wrote:

> In all the years I've been using Windows I've never found the answer
> to this question: When viewing a folder with Windows Explorer I want
> to search just that folder and its sub-folders for a file. So I press
> Ctrl-F and get the "Search Companion" where the tree-list of folders
> was. I then click on "All Files and Folders" and the Search form
> appears. I enter my criteria and click Search. My file is found and
> shows up in the right-hand pane of Windows Explorer. Now  that I know
> where the file is, I'd like to go back to regular old Windows Explorer
> mode.
> 
> How do I do that? What option or icon do I select to "put away" the
> search panes and return the Windows Explorer panes? I've never figured
> this out. I've always closed the Explorer and opened it again to
> "reset" it.

On the toolbar, right beside the search icon is an icon that looks
like two folders that overlap one another. Click on that and it will
return the right pane to the folders view.

Or you can use the menus: View|Explorer Bar|Folders

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